Creating stamps using Spellbinder die templates is super easy, giving you another versatile way to use our products. Today, I’m going to share a few simple steps and some fabulous art to inspire you to give this a try.

First, you’ll need to gather some supplies:

Your Wizard and favorite die templates
Fun Foam
Stamping Inks
Wood or acrylic stamping block
Double-sided tape
Papers and other fun creative supplies

Here is what you do, it couldn’t be more simple…

1. Choose a die template that you want to make into a stamp.
2. Cut and emboss the template from fun foam.
   Cut Sandwich: White master mat, spacer plate (white plastic for purple machine and magnetic for raspberry machine), die template with cut ridges up, fun foam and white master mat.
   Emboss Sandwich: white master mat, die template with ridges up, fun foam, embossing pad and white master mat.
3. Use double-stick tape to temporarily stick the stamp to a wood or acrylic block.
4. Ink the stamp and impress it onto your project.

These are so fun and easy to make and will last a few stampings. Check out some of the great art that our designers created using this amazing technique.

By Jennifer Ellefson

Jennifer used the Labels One (S4-161) die template and inked and stamped it in four different colors, providing a background for her butterfly stamps made from Nested Butterflies (S4-171) die template. She gave it a fun, textural look with embossing powder.

Embellished Frame Card by Holly Craft

Holly often adds stamped images to cardstock, creating the look of subtly patterned papers. Here, she used the Floral Accents (S4-199) to enhance the paper behind the photo

Decorated Flower Pot by Holly Craft

Holly created a whole garden party ensemble and this is just one of the elements. She created the stamp from the Sunflower Two die template (S4-158) to embellish her flower pot. Beautiful!

With all the fun we’ve been having around here with the Impressabilities, I wanted to try them out with our stamp making fun.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Emboss fun foam with the Impressabilities template of your choice. Mine was the Butterfly Impressability. The embossing seemed to be so slight, I didn’t think I would get a very good image. But I wanted to know for sure.
   
2. Cut the fun foam with die template of your choice. I chose the Nested Birds (so springy).
3. Place the die cut onto a stamping block. I used an acrylic block and double stick tape.
4. Ink the die cut. I used a metallic ink in spring green.
5. Impress the stamp you made onto chosen paper.  Green grass by WorldWin (Are you noting a “springish” trend here?)
6. Be amazed at what a cool image it is..subtle but clear.

I finished the project with a sentiment, doodling around the edge and a ribbon for a gift tag. Voila!

Question:

What do fun foam and pop cans (or soda cans or Coke cans, depending on the part of the country you live…) have in common? You’ll have to keep reading to find out…

We are back for another post. Beth did a super job showing you how to cut, emboss and stencil with cardstock and our Die Templates. Now, I want to show you a couple of tricks that go beyond paper, one hard and one soft…and no, we are not talking about tacos here.

That’s right: fun foam and pop cans!

(No we’re not making a drink cozy either)

Using Snowflake Wonder S4-085, I’m going to show you two cards to showcase how different materials will work in the Wizard.

Answer:

The amazing thing about both media: aluminum and foam, you get to use the normal, every-day sandwiches. To cut, layer the following from the bottom up:

Here are some hints for working with Aluminum:

Take your time working with the aluminum. It really can have sharp edges and small fragments hanging around. This is probably not a project for kids.
To cut up the can, using some hefty kitchen scissors (not your lovely paper or fabric ones) puncture the can near the top and cut around it so the top comes off.
Do the same for the bottom and then cut down the side.
You may want to trim off some of the snarly edges.

You are ready to go emboss now! It uses the same sandwich as paper too:

White Master Mat

Foam Snowflakes

Run it through the Wizard. The fun foam will cut on the first pass and have a hint of embossing but the aluminum may need another pass through. (It really depends on what type of pop you like to drink…lol)

Then, it’s time to put them together with some fun papers, maybe a sentiment, ribbons, who knows. Here are my interpretations…

Move over softie, here comes aluminum:

Aluminum Snowflakes